Category: Obituaries

The memorial service for Ralph Smith Provost will take place at the Louisa Howard Chapel at Lakeview Cemetery on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 11 am. Reception to follow. Read More

W. Bradford Patterson, MD, age 91, died peacefully at his residence in Wake Robin, Shelburne, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Dr. Patterson, known as Brad, was born on June 25, 1921, in New Rochelle, N.Y., to Arthur H. and Gertrude H. Patterson. He grew up in West Hartford, Conn., and graduated from Harvard College in… Read More

Stokes Gentry M.D., husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, healer, committed citizen, and fly fisherman, died at Wake Robin on April 16, 2013, with his family, a caring staff, and a community of fellow residents supporting him. Born in 1929 in Houston, Texas, to Cyrus and Zella Keaster Gentry, he grew up in Pleasantville, N.Y., and… Read More

Cecil Woodman Thompson, 91, a longtime resident of Huntington, N.Y., and recently of Shelburne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Wake Robin. Prior to returning to her family’s roots in Vermont in 2006, she had lived for over 50 years in Huntington Bay. Cecil Pond Woodman was born Aug. 12, 1921, in… Read More

John Littlefield Handy, Jr., “Jack”, of Huntington, Vt., died at The Arbors in Shelburne, on December 14, 2012 at the age of 92. Born on August 14, 1920 to John L. Handy, Sr. and Virginia Seiberling Handy, Jack grew up in Barnstable, Mass. with five younger siblings. He studied classical piano and music theory at… Read More

Charles Henry Smith, 83, went to be with the Lord on April 8, 2013. He was born Jan. 22, 1930 to Henry John and Mercedes (Allen) Smith in Newport. He grew up in Hyde Park and graduated from Lamoille Central Academy in 1948. He attended UVM and graduated from Albany Business College in 1951, then… Read More

Allen Lee Walker died March 29, 2013, in Chatham, Mass., at the age of 92. Mr. Walker was a longtime employee of S.H. Kress and Company, beginning as a stock boy and retiring more than thirty years later as the company’s president. After retirement, he enjoyed drawing, painting, and spending time with his grandchildren. Mr.… Read More

Dr. Dharam Pal Yadav passed away peacefully in Boston, Mass., on April 4, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by those that he loved most, his beloved and devoted wife of 41 years, Meena, his three children, Pramila Rajni Yadav, M.D., Anuradha Yadav, Esq., Sanjeev Pal Yadav, all of Boston, Mass.,… Read More

Marion C. Morhouse, 98, died on March 18 at Wake Robin, in Shelburne, Vt. Marion was born in Bradford, Vt., on April 2, 1914, to Dr. Walter S. Cole and Zella Pauline (Blakely) Cole. She graduated from Bradford Academy in 1932 and attended Middlebury College.  Marion married L. Judson Morhouse in 1934 and lived in… Read More

Dr. Ralph S. Provost, of Shelburne, died on March 24, 2013, after a brief illness. He was born on Jan. 30, 1926, in Burlington, the son of Stanley and Winifred (Smith) Provost. Dr. Provost attended Burlington schools, graduating from BHS in 1943. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the Navy, serving in the Submarine Service in… Read More